VINlink Decoder

​​​​​​Need to quickly validate the accuracy of a vehicle identification number (VIN)? Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC’s) convenient VINlink decoder online service can help save your insurance company time and money.​

What It Does and How It Works

You can use the online VINlink decoder to validate the accuracy of any vehicle's VIN. Using a built-in, check-digit algorithm, VINlink performs a calculation to confirm if a VIN is accurate. If it's inaccurate, the decoder alerts you so you can have it corrected.

You can decode any VIN as long as it contains accurate attributes for a given make, model and model year combination. You can decode VINs for cars, light trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. VINlink decoder finds all dependencies among attributes, including:

​Make and model description

Engine

Model year

Body style

Restraint systems

Manufacturing plant

Country of manufacture

How VINlink Can Save Your Company Time and Money

With this online service, you can access vehicle code and rate group information when writing new business, or when changing an existing policy to add a vehicle or make a substitution. The decoded information can be automatically transferred to other software applications.